, June 25 -- The government has undertaken a series of infrastructure and procedural reforms to ensure faster delivery of imported goods and containers through Chattogram Port and ease container congestion, Shipping Minister Shaikh Rabiul Alam told Parliament on Thursday.

Responding to a tabled starred question from Bangladesh Jamaat-e-Islami MP Shahjahan Chowdhury, he said the Chattogram Port Authority (CPA) has increased the port's yard capacity from 53,000 TEUs to 59,000 TEUs, added modern container-handling equipment and constructed new yards and sheds as part of its infrastructure development efforts.

The minister said several procedural reforms have also been introduced to ease container congestion and improve operational efficien...